Communication apparatus and communication method thereof

ABSTRACT

This invention is directed to a terminal apparatus capable of preventing the degradation of reception quality of control information even in a case of employing SU-MIMO transmission system. A terminal, which uses a plurality of different layers to transmit two code words in which control information is placed, comprises: a resource amount determining unit that determines, based on a lower one of the encoding rates of the two code words or based on the average value of the reciprocals of the encoding rates of the two code words, resource amounts of control information in the respective ones of the plurality of layers; and a transport signal forming unit that places, in the two code words, the control information modulated by use of the resource amounts, thereby forming a transport signal.

BACKGROUND Technical Field

The present invention relates to a terminal apparatus and acommunication method thereof.

Description of the Related Art

In the uplink of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project Long TermEvolution (3GPP LTE), single carrier transmission is performed tomaintain a low cubic metric (CM). More specifically, in the presence ofdata signals, the data signals and control information are timemultiplexed and transmitted in a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).The control information includes response signals (positive/negativeacknowledgments (ACK/NACK), hereinafter called “ACK/NACK signals”) andchannel quality indicators (hereinafter called the “CQIs”). Data signalsare divided into code blocks (CB), and a cyclic redundancy check (CRC)code is added to each code block for error correction.

ACK/NACK signals and CQIs have different allocation methods. (SeeNon-Patent Literatures 1 and 2, for example). More specifically,ACK/NACK signals are allocated in parts of a data signal resource bypuncturing parts of the data signals (4 symbols) mapped to the resourceadjacent to Reference Signals (RSs) (i.e., overwriting the data signalswith the ACK/NACK signals). In contrasts, CQIs are allocated over entiresub-frames (2 slots). Since the data signals are allocated in resourcesother than the CQI allocated resource, no CQIs are punctured (see FIG. 1.) The reasons for the difference in allocation are as follows: theallocation or non-allocation of an ACK/NACK signal depends on thepresence or absence of data signals in downlink. In other words, it ismore difficult to predict the occurrence of ACK/NACK signals than it isto predict that of CQIs; hence, puncturing capable of allocating theresource of a suddenly occurring ACK/NACK signal is used during mappingof ACK/NACK signals. Meanwhile, the timing of CQI transmission (i.e.,sub-frames) is predetermined based on notification information, whichallows the determination of allocation of data signal and CQI resources.Since ACK/NACK signals are important information, they are assigned tosymbols in the vicinity of pilot signals, which have high estimationaccuracy of transmission paths, thereby reducing ACK/NACK signal errors.

A modulation and coding rate scheme (MCS) for data signals in uplink isdetermined by a base station apparatus (hereinafter called the “basestation” or “eNB”) based on the channel quality of the uplink. An MCSfor control information in the uplink is determined by adding an offsetto the MCS for data signals (see Non-Patent Literature 1, for example).More specifically, since control information is more important than datasignals, the MCS for control information is set to a lower transmissionrate than the MCS for data signals. This guarantees high-qualitytransmission of control information.

For example, in the 3GPP LTE uplink, if control information istransmitted in a PUSCH, the amount of resource assigned to the controlinformation is determined based on a coding rate indicated in the MCSfor data signals. More specifically, as shown in equation 1 below, theamount of the resource Q assigned to the control information is obtainedby multiplying the inverse of the coding rate of data signal by anoffset.

$\begin{matrix}( {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 1} ) & \; \\{Q = \lceil \frac{( {O + P} ) \cdot M_{sc}^{{PUSCH} - {initial}} \cdot N_{symb}^{{PUSCH} - {initial}} \cdot \beta_{offset}^{PUSCH}}{\sum\limits_{r = 0}^{C - 1}K_{r}} \rceil} & \lbrack 1\rbrack\end{matrix}$

With reference to equation 1, O indicates the number of bits in controlinformation (i.e., ACK/NACK signal or CQI) and P indicates the number ofbits for error correction added to the control information (for example,the number of bits in CRC and in some cases, P=0). The total of O and P(O+P) indicates the number of bits in uplink control information (UCI).M_(SC) ^(PUSCH-initial), N_(Symb) ^(PUSCH-initial), C and K_(r) indicatethe transmission bandwidth for PUSCH, the number of symbols transmittedin the PUSCH per unit transmission bandwidth, the number of code blocksinto which data signals are divided, and the number of bits in each codeblock, respectively. UCI (i.e., control information) includes ACK/NACK,CQI, a rank indicator (RI), which indicates rank information, and aprecoding matrix indicator (PMI), which provides precoding information.

With reference to equation 1, (M_(SC) ^(PUSCH-initial)·N_(Symb)^(PUSCH-initial)) indicates the amount of transmission data signalresources, ΣK_(r) indicates the number of bits in a single data signal(i.e., the total number of bits in code blocks into which the datasignal is divided). Accordingly, ΣK_(r)/(M_(SC)^(PUSCH-initial)·N_(Symb) ^(PUSCH-initial)) represents a value thatdepends the coding rate of the data signal (hereinafter, called “codingrate”). The (M_(SC) ^(PUSCH-initial)·N_(Symb) ^(PUSCH-initial))/ΣK_(r)shown in equation 1 indicates the inverse of the coding rate of datasignal (i.e., the number of resource elements (RE: resource composed ofone symbol or one sub-carrier) used to transmit one bit). β_(offset)^(PUSCH) indicates the amount of offset by which the above-mentionedinverse of the coding rate of data signal is multiplied, and is reportedfrom a base station to each terminal apparatus (hereinafter, called the“terminal” or UE) via upper layers. More specifically, a tableindicating candidates of the amounts of offset β_(offset) ^(PUSCH) isdefined for each part of control information (i.e., ACK/NACK signal andCQI). For example, a base station selects one amount of offsetβ_(offset) ^(PUSCH) from the table (for example, see FIG. 2 ) containingcandidates for the amount of offset β_(offset) ^(PUSCH) defined forACK/NACK signal and then notifies a terminal of a notification indexcorresponding to the selected amount of offset. As is evident from theterm “PUSCH-initial,” (M_(SC) ^(PUSCH-initial)·N_(Symb)^(PUSCH-initial)) represents the amount of transmission resource for theinitial transmission of a data signal.

The standardization of 3GPP LTE-Advanced, which provides higher-speedtransmission than 3GPP LTE, has started. The 3GPP LTE-Advanced system(hereinafter, may be called “LTE-A system”) follows the 3GPP LTE system(hereinafter, called “LTE system”). In 3GPP LTE-Advanced, base stationsand terminals that can communicate in a wideband frequency range of 40MHz or higher will be introduced to achieve downlink transmission ratesof up to 1 Gbps.

In an LTE-Advanced uplink, the use of single user multiple inputmultiple output (SU-MIMO) transmission in which a single terminaltransmits data signals in a plurality of layers has been studied. In theSU-MIMO communications, data signals are generated in a plurality ofcode words (CWs), each of which is transmitted in different layers. Forexample, CW #0 is transmitted in layers #0 and #1, and CW #1 istransmitted in layers #2 and #3. In each CW, a data signal is dividedinto a plurality of code blocks and CRC is added to each code block forerror correction. For example, a data signal in CW #0 is divided intofive code blocks and a data signal in CW #1 into eight code blocks. The“code word” can be regarded as a unit of data signals to beretransmitted. The “layer” is a synonym of a stream.

Unlike the above-mentioned LTE-A system, the LTE systems disclosed inthe above-mentioned Non-Patent Literatures 1 and 2 assume the use of thenon-MIMO transmission in uplink. In the non-MIMO transmission, a singlelayer is used at each terminal.

In the SU-MIMO transmission, control information is transmitted in aplurality of layers in some cases, and it is transmitted in one of theplurality of layers in other cases. For example, in an LTE-Advanceduplink, allocation of an ACK/NACK signal in a plurality of CWs and of aCQI in a single CW has been studied. More specifically, since anACK/NACK signal is the most important information in all parts ofcontrol information, the same ACK/NACK signal is allocated in all theCWs (i.e., the same information is assigned to all layers (rank-1transmission)), thereby reducing inter-layer interference. The sameACK/NACK signals transmitted in a plurality of CWs (i.e., space-divisionmultiplexed) are combined into a single part of information on atransmission path, thereby eliminating the need for the receiving side(base station) to separate the ACK/NACK signals transmitted in aplurality of CWs. Accordingly, inter-layer interference that may occuron the receiving side during the separation does not occur. Thus, highreceiving quality can be achieved. Note that the description belowassumes that the control information is an ACK/NACK signal and allocatedin two CWs (CW #0 and CW #1).

CITATION LIST Non-Patent Literatures

NPL1

-   TS36.212 v8.7.0, “3GPP TSG RAN; Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio    Access (E-UTRA); Multiplexing and channel coding”

NPL2

-   TS36.213 v8.8.0, “3GPP TSG RAN; Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio    Access (E-UTRA); Physical Layer Procedure”

BRIEF SUMMARY Technical Problem

In the SU-MIMO communications, when transmitting control information ina PUSCH, the amount of the resource required to allocate controlinformation (ACK/NACK signals) is determined based on the coding rate ofone of the two CWs, just as in the LTE system (for example, Non-PatentLiterature 1). For example, as shown in equation 2 below, the codingrate r_(CW #0) of CW #0 of the two CWs (i.e., CW #0 and CW #1) is usedto determine the amount of the resource Q_(CW #0) required to assigncontrol information in each layer.

$\begin{matrix}( {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 2} ) & \; \\{Q_{{CW}{\# 0}} = \lceil {( {O + P} ) \times \frac{1}{r_{{CW}{\# 0}}} \times \beta_{offset}^{PUSCH}\text{/}L} \rceil} & \lbrack 2\rbrack\end{matrix}$

In equation 2, L indicates the total number of layers (the total numberof layers to which CW #0 and CW #1 are assigned). In equation 2, as inequation 1, the amount of the resource required to allocate controlinformation in each layer is determined by multiplying the inverse(1/r_(CW #0)) of the coding rate r_(CW #0) by an offset amountβ_(offset) ^(PUSCH) and then dividing the result by the total number oflayers L. A terminal uses the amount of the resource Q_(CW #0)determined in accordance with equation 2 to transmit CW #0 and CW #1assigned to the layers (i.e., L layers).

In this case, however, when CW #0 and CW #1 are combined in the basestation, there is a concern that the reception quality of controlinformation after the combination may be poor and fail to meet arequirement.

CW #0, for example, is transmitted using the amount of the resourceQ_(CW #0) which is determined based on the coding rate r_(CW #0) of CW#0, that is, the amount of resource appropriate for CW #0. Accordingly,control information allocated in CW #0 is likely to meet requiredreception quality. In contrast, CW #1 is transmitted using the amount ofthe resource Q_(CW #0) which is determined based on the coding rater_(CW #0) of CW #0 (that is, the other CW). Thus, control informationallocated in CW #1 may degrade in the reception quality if the layer towhich CW #1 is allocated has a poor transmission path environment.

As shown in FIG. 3 , for example, CW #0 is allocated in layer #0 andlayer #1 and CW #1 is allocated in layer #2 and layer #3. A descriptionis given of a case where the coding rate of CW #0 is higher than thecoding rate of CW #1. To put it differently, the amount of resourcerequired for the control information allocated in CW #0 is smaller thanthat required for the control information allocated in CW #1.

In layers #0 and #1, control information allocated in CW #0 can meet thereception quality required by each CW (i.e., reception quality requiredfor control information for the LTE system/the number of CWs). Incontrast, in layers #2 and #3, the control information allocated in CW#1 has an amount of resource determined based on CW #0; thus, the amountof resource to meet the required reception quality runs short, thusfailing to meet the reception quality required for each CW. Thus, acombination of the control information allocated in CW #0 and CW #1 mayresult in a lower reception quality than that required for all the CWs(i.e., reception quality required for control information in the LTEsystem).

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide aterminal capable of preventing the degradation of reception quality ofcontrol information even in a case of adopting the SU-MIMO transmissionmethod, and also to provide a communication method thereof.

Solution to Problem

A first aspect of the present invention provides a terminal apparatusthat transmits two code words to which control information is allocated,in a plurality of different layers, the apparatus including: adetermination section that determines the amount of resource of thecontrol information in each of the plurality of layers; and atransmission signal generating section that generates a transmissionsignal through modulation of the control information using the amount ofthe resource and allocation of the modulated control information to thetwo code words, in which the determination section determines the amountof the resource based on a lower coding rate of the coding rates of thetwo code words, or the average of the inverses of the coding rates ofthe two code words.

A second aspect of the present invention provides a communication methodincluding: determining an amount of resource of control information ineach of a plurality of different layers in which two code words aretransmitted, the control information being allocated in the two codewords; modulating the control information using the amount of theresource; and allocating the modulated control information in the twocode words to generate a transmission signal, in which the amount of theresource is determined based on a lower coding rate of the coding ratesof the two code words, or the average of the inverses of the codingrates of the two code words.

Advantageous Effects of Invention

The present invention can prevent the degradation of reception qualityof control information even in a case of adopting the SU-MIMOtransmission method.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows a conventional allocation of ACKs/NACKs and CQIs;

FIG. 2 is a diagram provided for describing a table containingcandidates for an offset amount in the conventional case;

FIG. 3 is a diagram provided for describing a technical problem;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a base stationaccording to Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a terminalaccording to Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

FIG. 6 shows exemplary correction factors according to Embodiment 1 ofthe present invention;

FIG. 7 shows exemplary correction factors according to Embodiment 2 ofthe present invention;

FIG. 8 shows exemplary correction factors according to Embodiment 2 ofthe present invention;

FIG. 9 shows a technical problem in the case where the number of layersdiffers between initial transmission and re-transmission according toEmbodiment 3 of the present invention; and

FIG. 10 shows a process for determining the amount of resource ofcontrol information according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Embodiments of the present invention will be hereinafter described indetail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the embodiments,the same components are given the same reference numerals withoutredundant descriptions.

Embodiment 1

(Overview of Communication System)

In the following description, a communications system including basestation 100 and terminal 200 as described hereinafter is an LTE-Asystem, for example. Base station 100 is an LTE-A base station, andterminal 200 is an LTE-A terminal, for example. The communication systemis assumed to be a frequency division duplex (FDD) system. Terminal 200(LTE-A terminal) can be switched between non-MIMO and SU-MIMOtransmission modes.

(Configuration of Base Station)

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of base station 100according to this embodiment.

In base station 100 as shown in FIG. 4 , setting section 101 setscontrol parameters related to resource allocation for controlinformation (including at least ACK/NACK signals or CQIs) transmitted inan uplink data channel (PUSCH) used to communicate with a terminal forwhich the control parameters are set based on the transmitting andreceiving capability of the terminal (i.e., UE capability) or the stateof the transmission path. The control parameters include, for example,an amount of offset (for example, an amount of offset β_(offset)^(PUSCH) as shown in equation 2) used in allocation of resource ofcontrol information transmitted by the terminal for which the controlparameters are set. Setting section 101 outputs setting informationincluding the control parameters to coding and modulating section 102and ACK/NACK and CQI receiving section 111.

For terminals performing the non-MIMO transmission, setting section 101generates MCS information for a single CW (or transport block) andallocation control information including resource (or resource block(RB)) allocation information, while for terminals performing SU-MIMOtransmission, setting section 101 generates allocation controlinformation including MCS information for the two CWs (or transportblocks), or the like.

The allocation control information generated by setting section 101includes uplink allocation control information indicating uplinkresource (for example, physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH)) to whichuplink data of a terminal is assigned, and downlink allocation controlinformation indicating downlink resource (for example, physical downlinkshared channel (PDSCH)) to which downlink data addressed to a terminalis assigned. In addition, the downlink allocation control informationincludes information indicating the number of bits of ACK/NACK signalsfor the downlink data (i.e., ACK/NACK information). Setting section 101outputs the uplink allocation control information to coding andmodulating section 102, reception processing sections 109 in receptionsections 107-1 to 107-N, and ACK/NACK and CQI receiving section 111 andoutputs the downlink allocation control information to transmissionsignal generating section 104 and ACK/NACK and CQI receiving section111.

Coding and modulating section 102 codes and modulates the setinformation and uplink allocation control information received fromsetting section 101, and then outputs the modulated signals totransmission signal generating section 104.

Coding and modulating section 103 codes and modulates transmission datato be received and then outputs the modulated data signals (for example,PDSCH signals) to transmission signal generating section 104.

Transmission signal generating section 104 allocates the signalsreceived from coding and modulating section 102 and the data signalsreceived from coding and modulating section 103 to a frequency resourceto generate frequency domain signals based on the downlink allocationcontrol information received from setting section 101. Transmissionsignal generating section 104 then converts the frequency domain signalsinto time-waveform signals using inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT)processing, and adds a cyclic prefix (CP) to the time waveform signals,thereby obtaining orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)signals.

Transmitting section 105 performs radio transmission processing(upconversion and digital-analogue (D/A) conversion and/or the like) onthe OFDM signals received from transmission signal generating section104, and then transmits the signals through antenna 106-1.

Reception sections 107-1 to 107-N are provided to antennas 106-1 to106-N, respectively. Reception sections 107 include respective radioprocessing sections 108 and reception processing sections 109.

More specifically, radio processing sections 108 in respective receptionsections 107-1 to 107-N receive radio signals through respectiveantennas 106, perform radio processing (downconversion andanalog-digital (A/D) conversion and/or the like) on the received radiosignals and then output the resulting reception signals to respectivereception processing sections 109.

Reception processing sections 109 remove CP from the reception signalsand perform fast Fourier transform (FFT) on the signals to convert thesignals into frequency domain signals. Reception processing sections 109extract uplink signals for each terminal (including data signals andcontrol signals (i.e., ACK/NACK signal and CQI)) from the frequencydomain signals based on the uplink allocation control informationreceived from setting section 101. If the reception signals arespace-division multiplexed (that is, a plurality of CWs are used (i.e.,on the SU-MIMO transmission)), reception processing sections 109separate and combine the CWs. Reception processing sections 109 thenperform inverse discrete Fourier transform (IDFT) processing on theextracted (or extracted and separated) signals to convert the signalsinto time domain signals. Reception processing sections 109 output thetime domain signals to data reception section 110 and ACK/NACK and CQIreceiving section 111.

Data reception section 110 decodes the time domain signals received fromreception processing sections 109 and then outputs the decoded uplinkdata as reception data.

ACK/NACK and CQI receiving section 111 calculates the amount of uplinkresource to which ACK/NACK signals are assigned, based on the settinginformation (i.e., control parameters), the MCS information for uplinkdata signals (i.e., MCS information for each CW in the case of theSU-MIMO transmission), and the downlink allocation control information(for example, ACK/NACK information showing the number of bits ofACK/NACK signals for downlink data) received from setting section 101.For CQIs, ACK/NACK and CQI receiving section 111 further calculates anamount of uplink resource (e.g., PUSCH) to which the CQI is assigned,using information concerning the preset number of bits of a CQI. Basedon the calculated amount of resource, ACK/NACK and CQI receiving section111 then extracts ACK/NACKs or CQIs from each terminal for downlink data(PDSCH signals) from the channel (for example, PUSCH) to which uplinkdata signals have been assigned.

If the traffic state in cells covered by base station 100 remainsunchanged or if the measurement of an average reception quality isneeded, control parameters (for example, the amount of offset β_(offset)^(PUSCH)) to be notified by base station 100 to terminal 200 shouldpreferably be transmitted in an upper layer at a long notificationinterval (RRC signaling) from a perspective of signaling. Transmittingall or part of these control parameters as broadcast information leadsto a reduction in an amount of resource required for the notification.On the contrary, if control parameters need to be dynamically changed inresponse to the traffic state in cells covered by base station 100, allor part of these control parameters should preferably be notified in aPDCCH at a short notification interval.

(Terminal Configuration)

FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing the configuration of terminal 200 inaccordance with Embodiment 1 of the present invention. Terminal 200 isan LTE-A terminal which receives data signals (downlink data) andtransmits an ACK/NACK signal corresponding to the data signals through aphysical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or PUSCH to base station 100.Terminal 200 transmits a CQI to base station 100 in accordance withinstruction information notified through a physical downlink controlchannel (PDCCH).

In terminal 200 shown in FIG. 5 , reception section 202 performs radioprocessing (down-conversion and analog-digital (A/D) conversion and/orthe like) on radio signals received through antenna 201-1 (i.e., OFDMsignals herein) and outputs the resulting reception signals to receptionprocessing section 203. The reception signals include data signals (forexample, PDSCH signals), allocation control information and upper layercontrol information including setting information.

Reception processing section 203 removes CP from the reception signalsand performs fast Fourier transform (FFT) on the remaining signals toconvert the signals into frequency domain signals. Reception processingsection 203 then separates the frequency domain signals into upper layercontrol signals (for example, RRC signaling) including settinginformation, allocation control information, and data signals (i.e.,PDSCH signals), and then demodulates and decodes the separated signals.Reception processing section 203 also checks the data signals for anerror, and if the received data contains an error, a NACK signal isgenerated, and if not, it generates an ACK signal as the ACK/NACKsignal. Reception processing section 203 outputs ACK/NACK signals andACK/NACK information and MCS information in the allocation controlinformation to resource amount determining section 204 and transmissionsignal generating section 205, and outputs setting information (forexample, control parameters (an amount of offset)) to resource amountdetermining section 204, and outputs the uplink allocation controlinformation in the allocation control information (for example, uplinkresource allocation results) to transmission processing sections 207 inrespective transmitting sections 206-1 to 206-M.

Resource amount determining section 204 determines the amount ofresource required to allocate ACK/NACK signals, based on the ACK/NACKinformation (the number of bits of ACK/NACK signals), MCS informationand control parameters (an amount of offset or the like) concerningresource allocation of control information (ACK/NACK signals) receivedfrom reception processing section 203. For CQIs, resource amountdetermining section 204 determines the amount of resource required toallocate CQIs, based on the MCS information and control parameters (anamount of offset or the like) concerning resource allocation of controlinformation (CQIs) received from reception processing section 203, andthe preset number of bits of a CQI. In the case of the SU-MIMOtransmission, where the two CWs (CW #0 and CW #1) are transmitted in aplurality of layers, resource amount determining section 204 determinesthe amount of resource for each of the plurality of layers, the amountof the resource being allocated to control information (ACK/NACKsignals) allocated in the two CWs (CW #0 and CW #1). More specifically,resource amount determining section 204 determines the amount of theresource based on either the lower coding rate of the coding rates ofthe two CWs or the average of the inverses of the coding rates of thetwo CWs. Details on methods for determining the amount of the resourcerequired to allocate control information (ACK/NACKs or CQIs) in resourceamount determining section 204 is given hereinafter. Resource amountdetermining section 204 outputs the determined amount of resource totransmission signal generating section 205.

Transmission signal generating section 205 generates a transmissionsignal by allocating an ACK/NACK signal (error detection result ofdownlink data), data signals (uplink data) and CQIs (downlink qualityinformation) in CWs allocated to one or more layers based on theACK/NACK information (the number of bits of an ACK/NACK signal) and MCSinformation received from reception processing section 203.

More specifically, transmission signal generating section 205 firstmodulates the ACK/NACK signal based on the amount of the resource (i.e.,the amount of resource of the ACK/NACK signal) received from resourceamount determining section 204. Transmission signal generating section205 also modulates the CQI based on the amount of the resource (i.e.,the amount of resource of the CQIs) received from resource amountdetermining section 204. Transmission signal generating section 205modulates transmission data using the amount of the resource specifiedby using the amount of the resource (i.e., CQI resource amount) receivedfrom resource amount determining section 204 (the amount of the resourceis specified by subtracting the amount of CQI resource from the amountof the resource for each slot).

In the case of non-MIMO transmission, transmission signal generatingsection 205 generates a transmission signal by allocating the ACK/NACKsignal, data signals and CQI that have been modulated using theabove-mentioned amount of resource in a single CW. Meanwhile, in thecase of SU-MIMO transmission, transmission signal generating section 205generates a transmission signal by allocating the ACK/NACK signal anddata signals that have been modulated using the above-mentioned amountof resource in the two CWs and by allocating the CQI in one of the twoCWs. Furthermore, in the case of non-MIMO transmission, transmissionsignal generating section 205 assigns a single CW to a single layer, andin the case of SU-MIMO transmission, transmission signal generatingsection 205 assigns the two CWs to a plurality of layers. For example,in the case of the SU-MIMO transmission, transmission signal generatingsection 205 assigns CW #0 to layer #0 and layer #1 and assigns CW #1 tolayer #2 and layer #3.

In the presence of data signals and CQIs to be transmitted, transmissionsignal generating section 205 assigns the data signals and CQIs to anuplink data channel (PUSCH) by time multiplexing or frequency divisionmultiplexing using a rate matching in one of the plurality of CWs asshown in FIG. 1 . In the presence of data signals and ACK/NACK signalsto be transmitted, transmission signal generating section 205 overwritespart of the data signals with ACK/NACK signals in all of the pluralityof layers (i.e., puncturing). To put it differently, ACK/NACK signalsare transmitted in all the layers. In the absence of data signals to betransmitted, transmission signal generating section 205 assigns CQIs andACK/NACK signals to an uplink control channel (for example, PUCCH).Transmission signal generating section 205 then outputs the transmissionsignals thus generated (including ACK/NACK signals, data signals orCQIs) to transmitting sections 206-1 to 206-M.

Transmitting sections 206-1 to 206-M correspond to antennas 201-1 to201-M, respectively. Transmitting sections 206 include respectivetransmission processing sections 207 and radio processing sections 208.

More specifically, transmission processing sections 207 in respectivetransmitting sections 206-1 to 206-M perform discrete Fourier transform(DFT) to the transmission signals received from transmission signalgenerating section 205 (i.e., signals corresponding to respectivelayers) to convert the data signals, ACK/NACK signals and CQIs intofrequency domain signals. Transmission processing sections 207 then mapsthe plurality of frequency components obtained by the DFT processing(including ACK/NACK signals and CQIs transmitted on the PUSCH) to theuplink data channels (PUSCH) based on the uplink resource allocationinformation received from reception processing section 203. Transmissionprocessing sections 207 convert the plurality of frequency componentsmapped to the PUSCH into time domain waveforms and add CP thereto.

Radio processing sections 208 perform radio processing (upconversion anddigital-analog (D/A) conversion and/or the like) on the signals to whichCP has been added, and then transmit the signals through respectiveantennas 201-1 to 201-M.

(Operations of Base Station 100 and Terminal 200)

The operations of base station 100 and terminal 200 having theabove-mentioned configurations will be described below. In particular,the method used by resource amount determining section 204 of terminal200 to determine the amount of the resource required to allocate controlinformation (ACK/NACKs or CQIs) will be described in details. In thefollowing description, the method for determining the amount of theresource in the SU-MIMO transmission, where a plurality of CWs to whichcontrol information is allocated are transmitted in a plurality oflayers, will be described.

In the following description, terminal 200 (transmission signalgenerating section 205) allocates ACK/NACK signals, which are controlinformation, in the two CWs (i.e., CW #0 and CW #1).

Determination Methods 1 to 5 for determining the amount of the resourceof control information are described below.

<Determination Method 1>

In Determination Method 1, resource amount determining section 204determines the amount of the resource required to allocate controlinformation in each layer based on the lower coding rate of the codingrates of the two CWs to which control information is allocated. Morespecifically, resource amount determining section 204 determines theamount of the resource required to allocate control information in eachlayer Q_(CW #0+CW #1) based on the lower coding rate of the coding ratesof CW #0 and CW #1 (coding rate r_(lowMCS)) in accordance with equation3.

$\begin{matrix}( {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 3} ) & \; \\{Q_{{{CW}{\# 0}} + {{CW}{\# 1}}} = \lceil {( {O + P} ) \times \frac{1}{r_{lowMCS}} \times \beta_{offset}^{PUSCH}\text{/}L} \rceil} & \lbrack 3\rbrack\end{matrix}$

With reference to equation 3, 0 indicates the number of bits in controlinformation and P indicates the number of bits for error correctionadded to control information (for example, the number of bits in CRC andin some cases, P=0). L indicates the total number of layers (the totalnumber of layers containing CWs).

Resource amount determining section 204, as shown in equation 3 and asin equation 1, determines the amount of the resource of controlinformation in each layer by multiplying the inverse (1/r_(lowMCS)) ofthe coding rate r_(lowMCS) by the amount of offset β_(offset) ^(PUSCH),and then dividing the result by the total number of layers L.

In this manner, the reception quality required by each CW can be ensuredin all the layers. More specifically, in the layer containing CW #0 orCW #1 having the lower coding rate (i.e., CW with the coding rater_(lowMCS)), the amount of resource Q_(CW #0+CW #1) determined based onthe coding rate r_(lowMCS), that is, an appropriate amount of resourceis used for transmission, thus ensuring the control informationallocated in that CW meets the required reception quality. In the layercontaining CW #0 or CW #1 having the higher coding rate, the amount ofthe resource Q_(CW #0+CW #1) determined based on the coding rater_(lowMCS) (that is, the coding rate of the other CW) is used fortransmission, but that amount is equal to or more than the appropriateamount of resource. Thus, the control information allocated in that CWcan sufficiently meet the required reception quality.

As shown above, in accordance with Determination Method 1, resourceamount determining section 204 uses a CW with the lower coding rate ofthe coding rates of the plurality of CWs to determine the amount of theresource of control information in each layer. In other words, resourceamount determining section 204 uses a CW assigned to a layer in a poortransmission path environment among a plurality of CWs to determine theamount of the resource of control information in each layer, thusensuring that required reception quality is sufficiently met in all theCWs, including the CW assigned to a layer in a poor transmission pathenvironment. Thus, base station 100 can meet reception quality requiredby all the CWs (i.e., reception quality required by control informationin an LTE system). Accordingly, by combining CW #0 and CW #1 intocontrol information, base station 100 can ensure that the combinedcontrol information can meet the required reception quality, and preventthe degradation of reception quality of the control information.

<Determination Method 2>

In Determination Method 2, resource amount determining section 204determines the amount of the resource of control information in eachlayer based on the average of the inverses of the coding rates of thetwo CWs. More specifically, resource amount determining section 204determines the amount of the resource Q_(CW #0+CW #1) of controlinformation in each layer in accordance with equation 4 below.

$\begin{matrix}( {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 4} ) & \; \\{Q_{{{CW}{\# 0}} + {{CW}{\# 1}}} = \lceil {( {O + P} ) \times \frac{\frac{1}{r_{{CW}{\# 0}}} + \frac{1}{r_{{CW}{\# 1}}}}{2} \times \beta_{offset}^{PUSCH}\text{/}L} \rceil} & \lbrack 4\rbrack\end{matrix}$

In equation 4, r_(CW #0) indicates the coding rate of CW #0 andr_(CW #1) indicates the coding rate of CW #1.

Resource amount determining section 204, as shown in equation 4 and asin equation 1, determines the amount of the resource of controlinformation in each layer by multiplying an average of the inverse(1/r_(CW #0)) of the coding rate r_(CW #0) and the inverse (1/r_(CW #1))of the coding rate r_(CW #1) by an amount of offset β_(offset) ^(PUSCH)and dividing the result by the total number of layers L.

One bit of the control information allocated in CW #0 is coded into(1/r_(CW #0)) bit. Likewise, one bit of the control informationallocated in CW #1 is coded into (1/r_(CW #1)) bit. In other words, theaverage of the number of bits obtained by coding one bit of the controlinformation in each CW ((1/r_(CW #0))+(1/r_(CW #1))/2) corresponds tothe average of the number of bits appropriate for combining CW #0 and CW#1. Thus, the average of the inverses of the CW coding rates((1/r_(CW #0))+(1/r_(CW #1))/2) equals the inverse of the coding rate ofa combined CW obtained by combining CW #0 and CW #1.

In accordance with Determination Method 1 (equation 3), the amount ofresource is determined based on the lower coding rate of the codingrates of the two CWs (i.e., CW #0 and CW #1). This means that anappropriate amount of resource is determined for the layer containing aCW with the lower coding rate among CW #0 and CW #1, while an amount ofresource equal to or more than an appropriate amount of resource isdetermined for the layer containing the other CW (i.e., CW with thehigher coding rate), which results in wasteful use of resource.

In contrast, in accordance with Determination Method 2, resource amountdetermining section 204 determines the amount of resource of controlinformation in each layer based on the inverse of the coding rate of acombined CW obtained by combining CW #0 and CW #1 (the average of theinverses of the coding rates of CW #0 and CW #1).

an amount of resource smaller than that determined by DeterminationMethod 1 for the layer containing a CW with a higher coding rate betweenCW #0 and CW #1 is determined. In other words, Determination Method 2can reduce more wasteful use of resource than Determination Method 1 fora layer allocated to a CW with the higher coding rate. In contrast, anamount of resource less than an appropriate amount of resource isdetermined for a layer allocated to a CW having the lower coding rate.As described above, since resource amount determining section 204determines the amount of the resource such that a combined CW obtainedby combining all the CWs can meet required reception quality, basestation 100 combines CW #0 and CW #1 and ensures that the combinedcontrol information can meet required reception quality.

As described above, in accordance with Determination Method 2, resourceamount determining section 204 determines the amount of resourcerequired to assign control information in each layer based on theaverage of the inverses of the coding rates of the plurality of CWs.This prevents the degradation of reception quality of controlinformation while reducing wasteful use of resources.

<Determination Method 3>

In Determination Method 3, resource amount determining section 204determines the amount of the resource of control information in eachlayer based on the inverse of the coding rate of one of the two CWs anda correction factor notified from base station 100. More specifically,resource amount determining section 204 determines the amount of theresource Q_(CW #0+CW #1) of control information in each layer inaccordance with equation 5 below.

$\begin{matrix}( {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 5} ) & \; \\{Q_{{{CW}{\# 0}} + {{CW}{\# 1}}} = \lceil {( {O + P} ) \times \frac{1}{r_{{CW}{\# 0}}} \times \beta_{offset}^{PUSCH} \times \gamma_{offset}\text{/}L} \rceil} & \lbrack 5\rbrack\end{matrix}$

In equation 5, r_(CW #0) indicates the coding rate of CW #0 andγ_(offset) indicates a correction factor notified from base station 100as a control parameter.

Resource amount determining section 204, as shown in equation 5 and asin equation 1, determines the amount of the resource of controlinformation in each layer by multiplying the inverse (1/r_(CW #0)) ofthe coding rate r_(CW #0) by an amount of offset β_(offset) ^(PUSCH),further multiplying the resulting resource amount by a correction factorγ_(offset), and dividing the result by the total number of layers L.

An exemplary correction factor γ_(offset) notified from base station 100is shown in FIG. 6 . Base station 100 selects a correction factorγ_(offset) based on a difference in coding rate between two CW #0 and CW#1 (difference in reception quality) or a coding rate ratio between CW#0 and CW #1 (ratio of reception quality).

More specifically, if the coding rate of a single CW (coding rater_(CW #0) of CW #0 in this case) used to determine the amount of theresource of control information is lower than the coding rate of theother CW (coding rate r_(CW #1) of CW #1 in this case), base station 100uses a correction factor γ_(offset) of a value less than 1.0 (any of thecorrection factors for the signaling #A to #C shown in FIG. 6 ).

On the other hand, if the coding rate of a single CW (coding rater_(CW #0) of CW #0 in this case) used to determine the amount of theresource of control information is higher than the coding rate of theother CW (coding rate r_(CW #1) of CW #1 in this case), base station 100uses a correction factor γ_(offset) exceeding 1.0 (one of correctionfactors for the signaling #E and #F shown in FIG. 6 ).

The smaller the difference in coding rate between the CWs (difference inreception quality) is, the closer to 1.0 the correction factorγ_(offset) selected by base station 100 is (if there is no difference incoding rate between the CWs (i.e., the rates are identical), thecorrection factor for signaling #D shown in FIG. 6 (1.0) is selected).

Base station 100 notifies terminal 200 of setting information includingcontrol parameters including the selected correction factor γ_(offset)(the signaling number of the correction factor γ_(offset)) via the upperlayers.

As described above, resource amount determining section 204 uses acorrection factor γ_(offset) set in accordance with a difference incoding rate (a difference in reception quality) between the two CWs tocorrect the amount of the resource determined based on the coding rate(inverse) of one of the two CWs.

As shown above, determination of the amount of the resource based on theinverse of the lower coding rate of the coding rates of the two CWs(coding rate r_(CW #0) of CW #0 in this case) results in setting of anexcess amount of resource for the other CW (CW #1 in this case), forexample. To cope with this problem, resource amount determining section204 can reduce the excess use of resource for the other CW (CW #1 inthis case) by multiplying the amount of the resource determined based onthe inverse of the lower coding rate by a correction factor γ_(offset)of a value less than 1.0. Likewise, determination of the amount of theresource based on the inverse of the higher coding rate of the codingrates of the two CWs results in an insufficient amount of resource forthe other CW. To address this problem, resource amount determiningsection 204 can increase the amount of the resource of the other CW bymultiplying the amount of the resource determined based on the inverseof the higher coding rate by a correction factor γ_(offset) of a valueexceeding 1.0.

As described above, equation 5 corrects the amount of the resourcedetermined based on the coding rate of one of CWs (coding rate r_(CW #0)of CW #0 in this case) with a correction factor β_(offset) set inaccordance with a difference in coding rate between the two CWs, therebyallowing the calculation of the amount of the resource based on the twoCWs (i.e., required reception quality of a combined CW obtained bycombining the two CWs).

To put it differently, resource amount determining section 204 correctsthe coding rate (inverse) of one of the two CWs in accordance with thedifference in coding rate between the two CWs. More specifically,resource amount determining section 204 adjusts the corrected codingrate such that the coding rate is approximated to the average of thecoding rates of the two CWs by adopting a larger correction factor(γ_(offset)) for the coding rate (i.e., inverse) of one of the two CWsin response to a larger difference in coding rate between the two CWs.Accordingly, the inverse of the corrected coding rate(γ_(offset)/r_(CW #0) in equation 5) corresponds to the average of theinverses of the coding rates of the two CWs (i.e., the value to whichthe corrected coding rate is approximated). Resource amount determiningsection 204 determines the amount of the resource of control informationin each layer based on the average of the inverses of the coding ratesof the two CWs (i.e., the inverse of the corrected coding rate(γ_(offset)/r_(CW #0) in equation 5).

As shown above, in accordance with Determination Method 3, resourceamount determining section 204 determines the amount of the resourcerequired to allocate control information in each layer based on theinverse of the coding rate of one CW and a correction factor set inaccordance with a difference in coding rate between the two CWs. In thismanner, the amount of the resource in consideration of both of the twoCWs can be determined, which in turn, prevents the degradation inreception quality of control information while reducing wasteful use ofresource.

In accordance with Determination Method 3, even in the case where thecoding rate of one of the two CWs (coding rate r_(CW #0) of CW #0 inequation 5) is extremely low (for example, r_(CW #0) is infinitely closeto 0), assignment of an excessive amount of resource to controlinformation can be prevented by multiplying the amount of the resourcecalculated based on the coding rate r_(CW #0) by a correction factorγ_(offset) set in accordance with a difference in coding rate betweenthe two CWs. This means that the correction factor can prevent theassignment of an excessive assignment of resources.

If it is pre-determined that the lower coding rate of the coding ratesof the two CWs is used to determine the amount of the resourceQ_(CW #0+CW #1), instead of the coding rate r_(CW #0) of CW #0 shown inequation 5, only correction factors γ_(offset) of values equal to 1.0 orlower may be used as candidates. For example, among the candidates forcorrection factor γ_(offset) in FIG. 6 , only the correction factorsγ_(offset) for the signaling #A to #D may be set. This leads to areduction in the amount of signaling used for notification of thecorrection factors γ_(offset).

Likewise, if it is pre-determined that the higher coding rate of thecoding rates of the two CWs is used to determine the amount of theresource Q_(CW #0+CW #1), instead of the coding rate r_(CW #0) of CW #0shown in equation 5, only correction factors γ_(offset) of values equalto 1.0 or higher may be used as candidates. For example, among thecandidates for correction factor γ_(offset) in FIG. 6 , only thecorrection factors γ_(offset) for the signaling #D to #F may be set.This leads to a reduction in the amount of signaling used fornotification of the correction factors γ_(offset).

A plurality of correction factor γ_(offset) candidate tables may beprovided and switched depending on whether the coding rate r_(CW #0) ofCW #0 in equation 5 is the lower or higher coding rate of the codingrates of two CWs. For example, if the coding rate r_(CW #0) of CW #0 inequation 5 is the lower coding rate of the coding rates of the two CWs,a candidate table containing the correction factors γ_(offset) for thesignaling #A to #D shown in FIG. 6 may be used. In contrast, if thecoding rate r_(CW #0) of CW #0 in equation 5 is the higher coding rateof the coding rates of the two CWs, a candidate table containingcorrection factors γ_(offset) for the signaling #D to #E shown in FIG. 6may be used.

<Determination Method 4>

Determination Method 4 is identical to Determination Method 3 (equation5) in that the amount of the resource of control information iscalculated based on the coding rate (inverse) of one of the two CWs,except for the calculation method of the correction factor.

Hereinafter, Determination Method 4 is described in details.

Since the two CWs to which control information is allocated are combinedat base station 100 as described above, focusing on “reception qualityof one” of the two CWs, reception quality of (“reception quality of acombined CW”/“reception quality of one of the two CWs”) fold is obtainedafter combining the two CWs. The “reception quality of a combined CW” isobtained when the two CWs are combined.

To maintain the reception quality required for the entire CWs, thecorrection factor for the amount of the resource of control informationcalculated based on the coding rate (inverse) of one of CWs may be setto (“reception quality of one of CWs”/“reception quality of a combinedCW”). This ensures the reception quality necessary to maintain thereception quality required by each CW to which control information isallocated at a minimum amount of resource required after combination ofthe two CWs.

In general, the following relationship holds between the receptionquality and the coding rate: The higher the reception quality of asignal is, the higher the coding rate of the signal is. Thus, (“codingrate of one of CWs”/“coding rate of a combined CW”) can be substitutedfor (“reception quality of one of CWs”/“reception quality of a combinedCW”) as a correction factor. The “coding rate of a combined CW” isobtained by combining two CWs.

Resource amount determining section 204 uses equation 6 below to set acorrection factor γ_(offset) which is represented by (“coding rate ofone of CWs (r_(CW #0))”/“coding rate of a combined CW(r_(CW #0+CW #1))”). In equation 6, the coding rate r_(CW #0) of CW #0of the CW #0 and CW #1 is used as the “coding rate of one of CWs”.

$\begin{matrix}{\lbrack 6\rbrack} & \end{matrix}$ $\begin{matrix}\begin{matrix}{\gamma_{offset} = \frac{{coding}{rate}{of}{one}{of}{CWs}( r_{{CW}{\# 0}} )}{{coding}{rate}{of}a{combined}{CW}( r_{{{CW}{\# 0}} + {{CW}{\# 1}}} )}} \\{= {r_{{CW}{\# 0}} \times \frac{\begin{matrix}{{M_{{CW}{\# 0}{sc}}^{{PUSCH} - {initial}} \cdot N_{{CW}{\# 0}{symb}}^{{PUSCH} - {initial}}} +} \\{M_{{CW}{\# 1}{sc}}^{{PUSCH} - {initial}} \cdot N_{{CW}{\# 1}{symb}}^{{PUSCH} - {initial}}}\end{matrix}}{{\sum\limits_{r = 0}^{C_{{CW}{\# 0}} - 1}K_{r}^{{CW}{\# 0}}} + {\sum\limits_{r = 0}^{C_{{CW}{\# 1}} - 1}K_{r}^{{CW}{\# 1}}}}}}\end{matrix} & \lbrack {{Equation}6} \rbrack\end{matrix}$

In equation 6, M_(CW #0SC) ^(PUSCH-initial) indicates a PUSCHtransmission bandwidth for CW #0, M_(CW #1SC) ^(PUSCH-initial) indicatesa PUSCH transmission bandwidth for CW #1, N_(CW #0Symb) ^(PUSCH-initial)indicates the number of transmission symbols in PUSCH per unittransmission bandwidth for CW #0, and N_(CW #1Symb) ^(PUSCH-initial)indicates the number of transmission symbols in PUSCH per unittransmission bandwidth for CW #1. C_(CW #0) indicates the number of codeblocks into which a data signal allocated in CW #0 is divided, C_(CW #1)indicates the number of code blocks into which a data signal allocatedin CW #1 is divided, K_(r) ^(CW #0) indicates the number of bits in eachcode block in CW #0 and K_(r) ^(CW #1) indicates the number of bits ineach code block in CW #1. For example, if CW #0 is assigned to twolayers and assigned to 12 transmission symbols and has 12 sub-carriersin each layer, the amount of the resource of CW #0 (M_(CW #0SC)^(PUSCH-initial)·N_(CW #0Symb) ^(PUSCH-initial)) is 288 (RE). To be moreprecise, the M_(CW #0SC) ^(PUSCH-initial) equals 12 sub-carriers, andthe N_(CW #0Symb) ^(PUSCH-initial) equals 24 transmission symbols (twolayers each have 12 transmission symbols); thus, the amount of theresource of CW #0 (M_(CW #0SC) ^(PUSCH-initial)·N_(CW #0Sym)^(PUSCH-initial)) is 288 (=12×24). Note that M_(CW #0SC)^(PUSCH-initial), M_(CW #1SC) ^(PUSCH-initial), N_(CW #0Symb)^(PUSCH-initial) and N_(CW #Symb) ^(PUSCH-initial) represent values atinitial transmission.

(M_(CW #0SC) ^(PUSCH-initial)·N_(CW #Symb) ^(PUSCH-initial)+M_(CW #1SC)^(PUSCH-initial)·N_(CW #1Symb) ^(PUSCH-initial)) shown in equation 6indicates the total amount of transmission resources of respective datasignals in CW #0 and CW #1, and (ΣK_(r) ^(CW #0)+ΣK_(r) ^(CW #1))indicates the total number of transmission symbols in a PUSCH (or thetotal number of bits in CW #0 and CW #1) to which respective datasignals in CW #0 and CW #1 (all code blocks) are assigned. Accordingly,(M_(CW #0SC) ^(PUSCH-initial)·N_(CW #0Symb) ^(PUSCH-initial)+M_(CW #1SC)^(PUSCH-initial)·N_(CW #1Symb) ^(PUSCH-initial))/(ΣK_(r) ^(CW #0)+ΣK_(r)^(CW #1)) shown in equation 6 indicates the inverse of the coding rateof a combined CW (1/(coding rate of a combined CW (r_(CW #0+CW #1)))).

Resource amount determining section 204 assigns the correction factorγ_(offset) shown in equation 6 to, for example, equation 5. Resourceamount determining section 204 determines the amount of the resource ofcontrol information Q_(CW #0+CW #1) in each layer in accordance withequation 7 below:

$\begin{matrix}\lbrack 7\rbrack & \end{matrix}$ $\begin{matrix}{Q_{{{CW}\# 0} + {{CW}\# 1}} =} & ( {{Equation}7} )\end{matrix}$${\lceil {( {O + P} ) \cdot \frac{\begin{matrix}{{M_{{CW}{\# 0}{sc}}^{{PUSCH} - {initial}} \cdot N_{{CW}{\# 0}{symb}}^{{PUSCH} - {initial}}} +} \\{M_{{CW}{\# 1}{sc}}^{{PUSCH} - {initial}} \cdot N_{{CW}{\# 1}{symb}}^{{PUSCH} - {initial}}}\end{matrix}}{{\sum\limits_{r = 0}^{C_{{CW}{\# 0}} - 1}K_{r}^{{CW}{\# 0}}} + {\sum\limits_{r = 0}^{C_{{CW}{\# 1}} - 1}K_{r}^{{CW}{\# 1}}}} \cdot {\beta_{offset}^{PUSCH}/L}} \rceil}$

Resource amount determining section 204, as shown in equation 7 and asin equation 1, determines the amount of the resource of controlinformation in each layer by multiplying the inverse (1/r_(CW #0)) ofthe coding rate r_(CW #0) by an amount of offset β_(offset) ^(PUSCH) toobtain an amount of resource, multiplying the resulting amount ofresource by a correction factor β_(offset) and then dividing the resultby the total number of layers L.

the result obtained by multiplying the inverse (1/r_(CW #0)) of the“coding rate of one of CWs (r_(CW #0))” in equation 5 by a correctionfactor γ_(offset) shown in equation 6 (“coding rate of one of CWs(r_(CW #0))”/“coding rate of a combined CW (r_(CW #0+CW #1))”) isequivalent to the inverse of the coding rate of a CW obtained bycombining CW #0 and CW #1 (1/(coding rate of a combined CW(r_(CW #0+CW #1)))). In other words, the inverse of the coding rate of acombined CW (1/(coding rate of a combined CW (r_(CW #0+CW #1)))), thatis, the average of the inverses of the coding rates of the two CWs canbe obtained by correcting the inverse of the coding rate of one of thetwo CWs (1/r_(CW #0)) with a correction factor γ_(offset) (equation 6).Accordingly, resource amount determining section 204 uses the inverse ofthe coding rate of a combined CW as the average of the inverses of thecoding rates of the two CWs to determine the amount of the resource ofcontrol information in each layer.

As shown above, in Determination Method 4, resource amount determiningsection 204 determines the amount of the resource required to allocatecontrol information in each layer based on the inverse of the codingrate of one of CWs, and the correction factor calculated based on theratio of reception quality (i.e., the ratio of coding rates) between thetwo CWs. In other words, resource amount determining section 204 usesthe ratio between the coding rate (reception quality) of one of CWs andthe coding rate (reception quality) of a combined CW obtained bycombining the two CWs, that is, the ratio of coding rates (i.e., ratioof reception quality) between the two CWs as a correction factor. Thisallows resource amount determining section 204 to obtain the receptionquality necessary to maintain the reception quality required by each CWto which control information is allocated at a minimum amount ofresource required. As shown above, Determination Method 4 can determinethe amount of the resource in consideration of both the two CWs, thuspreventing the degradation of reception quality of control informationwithout wasteful use of resource.

Furthermore, Determination Method 4 allows terminal 200 to calculate acorrection factor based on the coding rates (reception quality) of thetwo CWs, thus eliminating the need for base station 100 to notifyterminal 200 of a correction factor, unlike in Determination Method 3.More specifically, Determination Method 4 can reduce the amount ofsignaling from base station 100 to terminal 200, as compared withDetermination Method 3.

In Determination Method 4, the denominator of the correction factorγ_(offset) shown in equation 6 indicates the total number of bits in CW#0 and CW #1. Accordingly, even if the coding rate of either CW #0 or CW#1 is extremely low (data size is extremely small), the correctionfactor γ_(offset) is determined, taking the coding rate of the other CWinto account, thereby preventing assignment of an excess amount ofresource to the control information.

<Determination Method 5>

If the same control information is transmitted in a plurality of layersat the same time and at the same frequency, that is, if a rank-1transmission is performed, the amount of the resource allocated tocontrol information transmitted in each of a plurality of layers isequal.

In such a case, resource amount determining section 204 shouldpreferably determine the amount of the resource of control informationin each layer based on the number of bits that can be transmitted in thesame amount of resource (for example, a certain number of REs (forexample, a single RE)) in each layer.

More specifically, the coding rate r_(CW #0) of CW #0 indicates thenumber of bits in CW #0 that can be transmitted using a single RE, andthe coding rate r_(CW #1) of CW #1 indicates the number of bits in CW #1that can be transmitted using a single RE. Assuming that the number oflayers in which CW #0 is allocated is indicated by L_(CW #0) and thenumber of layers in which CW #1 is allocated is indicated by L_(CW #1),and the number of bits W_(RE) that can be transmitted using a single REin all the layers ((L_(CW #0)+L_(CW #1)) layers) is obtained fromequation 8:[8]W _(RE) =r _(CW #0) ×L _(CW #0) +r _(CW #1) ×L _(CW #1)  (Equation 8)

To put it more specifically, this equation indicates that each layer cantransmit (W_(RE)/(L_(CW #0)+L_(CW #1))) bits of data signal using asingle RE on average. Namely, (W_(RE)/(L_(CW #0)+L_(CW #1))) may be usedas the average of coding rates (i.e., the number of bits that can betransmitted using a single RE) of a CW allocated to each layer. Thisachieves reception quality necessary to maintain the reception qualityrequired by each CW to which the control information is allocated at aminimum amount of resource required after combination of the two CWstransmitted in a plurality of layers.

Resource amount determining section 204, in accordance with equation 9below, determines the amount of the resource of control informationQ_(CW #0+CW #1) in each layer based on the inverse of the average of thecoding rates of the CWs assigned to each layer((r_(CW #0)×L_(CW #0)+r_(CW #1)×L_(CW #1))/(L_(CW #0)+L_(CW #1))).

$\begin{matrix}{\lbrack 9\rbrack} & \end{matrix}$ $\begin{matrix}{Q_{{{CW}\# 0} + {{CW}\# 1}} = {{\lceil {( {O + P} ) \cdot \frac{L_{{CW}{\# 0}} + L_{{CW}{\# 1}}}{{r_{{CW}{\# 0}} \times L_{{CW}{\# 0}}} + {r_{{CW}{\# 1}} \times L_{{CW}{\# 1}}}} \cdot {\beta_{offset}^{PUSCH}/L}} \rceil}}} & ( {{Equation}9} )\end{matrix}$

Resource amount determining section 204, as shown in equation 9 and asin equation 1, determines the amount of the resource of controlinformation in each layer by multiplying the inverse of the average ofthe coding rates of the CWs assigned to each layer((L_(CW #0)+L_(CW #1))/(r_(CW #0)×L_(CW #0)+r_(CW #1)×L_(CW #1))) by theamount of offset β_(offset) ^(PUSCH) and then dividing the result by thetotal number of layers L.

The average of the coding rates of the CWs assigned to each layer((r_(CW #0)×L_(CW #0)+r_(CW #1)×L_(CW #1))/(L_(CW #0)+L_(CW #1))), asshown in equation 9, can be represented byr_(CW #0)×(L_(CW #0)/(L_(CW #0)+L_(CW #1)))+r_(CW #1)×(L_(CW #1)/(L_(CW #0)+L_(CW #1))).This indicates that the coding rate r_(CW #0) of CW #0 is weighted bythe proportion of the number of layers to which CW #0 is assigned(L_(CW #0)) in all the number of layers (L_(CW #0)+L_(CW #1)), and thatthe coding rate r_(CW #1) of CW #1 is weighted by the proportion of thenumber of layers to which CW #1 is assigned (L_(CW #1)) in all thenumber of layers (L_(CW #0)+L_(CW #1)).

In other words, resource amount determining section 204 weights thecoding rate of each CW by the proportion of the number of layers towhich the CW is assigned in all the layers to which a plurality of CWsare assigned. To be more precise, the greater the proportion of thenumber of layers to which a CW is assigned in all the layers to which aplurality of CWs are assigned is, the greater the weight given to thecoding rate of the CW is. For example, in Determination Method 2(equation 4), the average of the coding rates of the two CWs is simplycalculated, and the number of layers to which each CW is assigned is nottaken into account. In contrast, in Determination Method 5 (equation 9),the average of the coding rates of a CW in all the layers containing theCW can be calculated accurately.

As shown above, in accordance with Determination Method 5, resourceamount determining section 204 determines the amount of the resource ofcontrol information in each layer using the average of the numbers ofbits that can be transmitted in the same amount of resource (forexample, a single RE) in each layer as the average of the coding ratesof the CWs allocated to each layer. In this manner, the amount of theresource in consideration of the two CWs assigned to a plurality oflayers can be determined. Thus, the degradation of reception quality ofcontrol information can be prevented without wasteful use of resource.

Since the rank-1 transmission is used for control information, theamount of resource is identical for each layer. In contrast, atransmission mode other than the rank-1 transmission may be used fordata signals, in which case the amount of the resource varies dependingon layers. In such a case, the same amount of resource is assumed foreach layer and the average number of transmittable bits is calculated,as shown in Determination Method 5, which allows calculation of anappropriate amount of resource. In other words, Determination Method 5is applicable to data signals with different transmission bandwidths.Suppose, for example, that, on initial transmission (i.e., in sub-frame0), CW #0 is responded with ACK and CW #1 is responded with NACK, and onretransmission (i.e., in sub-frame 8), a new packet is assigned for CW#0 and a retransmission packet is assigned for CW #1. In this case,there may be a case where the transmission bandwidth differs between thenew packet and the retransmission packet in sub-frame 8. In this case,the amount of the resource of control information is calculated byassigning the information on CW #0 that is transmitted initially insub-frame 8 as CW #0 information, and the information on CW #1 that wastransmitted initially in sub-frame 0 in equation 9 as CW #1 information.This method allows calculations of the amount of the resource, assumingthat each layer uses the same amount of resource to transmit controlinformation, and is effective when the same control information in aplurality of layers is transmitted at the same time and at the samefrequency, that is, when rank-1 transmission is performed.

Furthermore, Determination Method 5 allows terminal 200 to calculate thecorrection factor based on the coding rates (reception quality) of thetwo CWs, thereby eliminating the need for base station 100 to notifyterminal 200 of the correction factor, unlike in Determination Method 3.Accordingly, Determination Method 5 can reduce the amount of signalingfrom base station 100 to terminal 200, as compared with DeterminationMethod 3.

In Determination Method 5, the denominator of the portion correspondingto the inverse of the coding rates in equation 9((L_(CW #0)+L_(CW #1))/(r_(CW #0)×L_(CW #0)+r_(CW #1)×L_(CW #1)))indicates the total number of bits transmittable using a single RE inall the layers to which CW #0 and CW #1 are assigned. This can preventassignment of an excess amount of resource to control information sincethe coding rate of the other CW is taken into account, even if either CW#0 or CW #1 has an extremely lower coding rate (extremely small datasize).

Assuming that the same amount of resource is assigned to layers to eachof which a CW is assigned, the following equations are obtained:M_(CW #0SC) ^(PUSCH-initial)·N_(CW #0Symb) ^(PUSCH-initial)·M_(SC)^(PUSCH-initial (0))·N_(Symb) ^(PUSCH-initial (0))·L_(CW #0) andM_(CW #1SC) ^(PUSCH-initial)·N_(CW #1Symb) ^(PUSCH-initial)=M_(SC)^(PUSCH-initial(1)·N) _(Symb) ^(PUSCH-initial(1))·L_(CW #1). The M_(SC)^(PUSCH-initial (0))·N_(Symb) ^(PUSCH-initial (0)) indicates an amountof the resource of data signals on initial transmission for each oflayers to which CW #0 is assigned, and the M_(SC)^(PUSCH-initial (1))·N_(Symb) ^(PUSCH-initial (1)) indicates an amountof the resource of data signals on initial transmission for each oflayers to which CW #1 is assigned. Equation 9 can be simplified toequation 10 using the abovementioned equations. SinceL_(CW #0)+L_(CW #1)=L, equation 10 is equivalent to equation 11.

$\begin{matrix}{\lbrack 10\rbrack} & \end{matrix}$ $\begin{matrix}\begin{matrix}{Q_{{{CW}\# 0} + {{CW}\# 1}} = \lceil {( {O + P} ) \cdot \frac{L_{{CW}{\# 0}} + L_{{CW}{\# 1}}}{\begin{matrix}{{\frac{\sum\limits_{r = 0}^{C_{{CW}{\# 0}} - 1}K_{r}^{{CW}{\# 0}}}{M_{{CW}{\# 0}{sc}}^{{PUSCH} - {initial}} \cdot N_{{CW}{\# 0}{symb}}^{{PUSCH} - {initial}}} \times L_{{CW}{\# 0}}} +} \\{\frac{\sum\limits_{r = 0}^{C_{{CW}{\# 1}} - 1}K_{r}^{{CW}{\# 1}}}{M_{{CW}{\# 1}{sc}}^{{PUSCH} - {initial}} \cdot N_{{CW}{\# 1}{symb}}^{{PUSCH} - {initial}}} \times L_{{CW}{\# 1}}}\end{matrix}} \cdot {\beta_{offset}^{PUSCH}/L}} \rceil} \\{= \lceil {( {O + P} ) \cdot \frac{L_{{CW}{\# 0}} + L_{{CW}{\# 1}}}{\begin{matrix}{\frac{\sum\limits_{r = 0}^{C_{{CW}{\# 0}} - 1}K_{r}^{{CW}{\# 0}}}{M_{sc}^{{PUSCH} - {{initial}(0)}} \cdot N_{symb}^{{PUSCH} - {{initial}(0)}}} +} \\\frac{\sum\limits_{r = 0}^{C_{{CW}{\# 1}} - 1}K_{r}^{{CW}{\# 1}}}{M_{sc}^{{PUSCH} - {{initial}(1)}} \cdot N_{symb}^{{PUSCH} - {{initial}(1)}}}\end{matrix}} \cdot {\beta_{offset}^{PUSCH}/L}} \rceil}\end{matrix} & ( {{Equation}10} )\end{matrix}$ $\begin{matrix}{\lbrack 11\rbrack} & \end{matrix}$ $\begin{matrix}{Q_{{{CW}\# 0} + {{CW}\# 1}} = \lceil {( {O + P} ) \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{\sum\limits_{r = 0}^{C_{{CW}{\# 0}} - 1}K_{r}^{{CW}{\# 0}}}{M_{sc}^{{PUSCH} - {{initial}(0)}} \cdot N_{symb}^{{PUSCH} - {{initial}(0)}}} + \frac{\sum\limits_{r = 0}^{C_{{CW}{\# 1}} - 1}K_{r}^{{CW}{\# 1}}}{M_{sc}^{{PUSCH} - {{initial}(1)}} \cdot N_{symb}^{{PUSCH} - {{initial}(1)}}}} \cdot \beta_{offset}^{PUSCH}} \rceil} & ( {{Equation}11} )\end{matrix}$

Assuming that the same amount of resource is assigned to each of layersto which a CW is assigned (W_(layer)=M_(SC) ^(PUSCH-initial)·N_(Symb)^(PUSCH-initial)), equation 9 can be simplified to equation 12.

$\begin{matrix}\lbrack 12\rbrack & \end{matrix}$ $\begin{matrix}\begin{matrix}{Q_{{{CW}\# 0} + {{CW}\# 1}} = {\lceil {( {O + P} ) \cdot \frac{L_{{CW}{\# 0}} + L_{{CW}{\# 1}}}{\begin{matrix}{{\frac{\sum\limits_{r = 0}^{C_{{CW}{\# 0}} - 1}K_{r}^{{CW}{\# 0}}}{M_{{CW}{\# 0}{sc}}^{{PUSCH} - {initial}} \cdot N_{{CW}{\# 0}{symb}}^{{PUSCH} - {initial}}} \times L_{{CW}{\# 0}}} +} \\{\frac{\sum\limits_{r = 0}^{C_{{CW}{\# 1}} - 1}K_{r}^{{CW}{\# 1}}}{M_{{CW}{\# 1}{sc}}^{{PUSCH} - {initial}} \cdot N_{{CW}{\# 1}{symb}}^{{PUSCH} - {initial}}} \times L_{{CW}{\# 1}}}\end{matrix}} \cdot {\beta_{offset}^{PUSCH}/L}} \rceil = \lceil {( {O + P} ) \cdot \frac{L_{{CW}{\# 0}} + L_{{CW}{\# 1}}}{\begin{matrix}{{\frac{\sum\limits_{r = 0}^{C_{{CW}{\# 0}} - 1}K_{r}^{{CW}{\# 0}}}{L_{{CW}\# 0} \times W_{layer}} \times L_{{CW}\# 1}} +} \\{\frac{\sum\limits_{r = 0}^{C_{{CW}{\# 1}} - 1}K_{r}^{{CW}{\# 1}}}{L_{{CW}\# 1} \times W_{layer}} \times L_{{CW}{\# 1}}}\end{matrix}} \cdot {\beta_{offset}^{PUSCH}/L}} \rceil}} \\{= {\lceil {( {O + P} ) \cdot \frac{L_{{CW}{\# 0}} + L_{{CW}{\# 1}}}{\begin{matrix}{\frac{\sum\limits_{r = 0}^{C_{{CW}{\# 0}} - 1}K_{r}^{{CW}{\# 0}}}{W_{layer}} +} \\\frac{\sum\limits_{r = 0}^{C_{{CW}{\# 1}} - 1}K_{r}^{{CW}{\# 1}}}{W_{layer}}\end{matrix}} \cdot {\beta_{offset}^{PUSCH}/L}} \rceil = \lceil {( {O + P} ) \cdot \frac{( {L_{{CW}{\# 0}} + L_{{CW}{\# 1}}} ) \times W_{layer}}{\begin{matrix}{{\sum\limits_{r = 0}^{C_{{CW}{\# 0}} - 1}K_{r}^{{CW}{\# 0}}} +} \\{\sum\limits_{r = 0}^{C_{{CW}{\# 1}} - 1}K_{r}^{{CW}{\# 1}}}\end{matrix}} \cdot {\beta_{offset}^{PUSCH}/L}} \rceil}}\end{matrix} & ( {{Equation}12} )\end{matrix}$

((L_(CW #0)+L_(CW #1))×W_(layer)) in equation 12 is equivalent toequation 13 below:[13]M _(CW #0) _(sc) ^(PUSCH-initial) ·N _(CW #0) _(symb) ^(PUSCH-initial)+M _(CW #1) _(sc) ^(PUSCH-initial) ·N _(CW #1) _(symb)^(PUSCH-initial)  (Equation 13)

Since W_(layer)=M_(SC) ^(PUSCH-initial)·N_(Symb) ^(PUSCH-initial) andL_(CW #0)+L_(CW #1)=L, equation 10 can be simplified to equation 14below:

$\begin{matrix}{\lbrack 14\rbrack} & \end{matrix}$ $\begin{matrix}{Q_{{{CW}\# 0} + {{CW}\# 1}} =} & ( {{Equation}14} )\end{matrix}$$\lceil {( {O + P} ) \cdot \frac{M_{CS}^{{PUSCH} - {initial}} \cdot N_{symb}^{{PUSCH} - {initial}}}{{\sum\limits_{r = 0}^{C_{{CW}{\# 0}} - 1}K_{r}^{{CW}{\# 0}}} + {\sum\limits_{r = 0}^{C_{{CW}{\# 1}} - 1}K_{r}^{{CW}{\# 1}}}} \cdot \beta_{offset}^{PUSCH}} \rceil$

Determination Methods 1 to 5 for determining the amount of the resourceof control information have been described.

ACK/NACK and CQI receiving section 111 of base station 100 determinesthe amount of the resource of control information (ACK/NACK signals orCQIs) in a reception signal using a method similar to DeterminationMethods 1 to 5 used in resource amount determining section 204. Based onthe determined amount of the resource, ACK/NACK and CQI receivingsection 111 extracts an ACK/NACK or CQI to downlink data (PDSCH signals)sent by each terminal from a channel (for example, PUSCH) to whichuplink data signals have been assigned.

As shown above, this embodiment can prevent the degradation in receptionquality of control information even in the case of adopting the SU-MIMOtransmission method.

Embodiment 2

In Embodiment 1, the amount of the resource of control information isdetermined based on the lower coding rate of the coding rates of the twoCWs (code words) or the average of the inverses of the coding rates ofthe two CWs. Meanwhile, in Embodiment 2, besides the processing inEmbodiment 1, the amount of the resource of control information isdetermined in consideration of a difference in interference betweenlayers for data signals and for control information.

Since the basic configurations of the base station and the terminal inaccordance with Embodiment 2 are the same as those in Embodiment 1,FIGS. 4 and 5 are used to describe Embodiment 2.

Besides the processing similar to that of Embodiment 1, setting section101 (FIG. 4 ) in base station 100 in accordance with Embodiment 2 sets acorrection factor (α_(offset) (L)).

Besides the processing similar to that of Embodiment 1, ACK/NACK and CQIreceiving section 111 determines the amount of the resource using thecorrection factor (α_(offset) (L)) received from setting section 101

Meanwhile, resource amount determining section 204 in terminal 200according to Embodiment 2 (FIG. 5 ) uses a correction factor (α_(offset)(L)) notified from base station 100 to determine the amount of theresource.

(Operations of Base Station 100 and Terminal 200)

The operations of base station 100 and terminal 200 having theabove-mentioned configurations will be described below:

<Determination Method 6>

If the number of layers or the number of ranks for control informationequals the number of layers or the number of ranks for data signals, thesame inter-layer interference occurs between data signals and controlinformation. For example, if spatial multiplexing is performed with CW#0 to which control information is allocated and which is assigned tolayer #0 and CW #1 containing data signals assigned to layer #1, arank-2 transmission is performed for data signals and for controlinformation, causing inter-layer interference of the same level.

Alternatively, if the number of ranks differs between controlinformation and data signals, different inter-layer interference occursbetween data signals and control information. If the same controlinformation is allocated in CW #0 and CW #1 and transmitted in layer #0and layer #1, that is, if a rank-1 transmission is performed, lessinter-layer interference occurs, as compared with when different signalsare allocated in CW #0 and CW #1 and transmitted in layer #0 and layer#1.

In this respect, resource amount determining section 204 increases ordecreases the amount of the resource calculated with an above equation(for example, equation 1), depending on the number of ranks or thenumber of layers for data signals and for control information.

More specifically, resource amount determining section 204, as shown inequation 15 below, calculates the amount of the resource Q_(CW #0+CW #1)by determining the amount of the resource of control information in eachlayer based on the coding rate of one of CWs (CW #0 or CW #1) or thecoding rates of both CWs using the above equation 1, multiplying thedetermined amount of the resource by a correction factor α_(offset) (L)which depends on the number of ranks or the number of layers, and thendividing the result of multiplication by the total number of layers L.

$\begin{matrix}{\lbrack 15\rbrack} & \end{matrix}$ $\begin{matrix}{Q_{{{CW}\# 0} + {{CW}\# 1}} = \lceil {{( {O + P} ) \cdot \frac{1}{r_{{CW}\# 0}}} \times {\beta_{offset}^{PUSCH}/L} \times {\alpha_{offset}(L)}} \rceil} & ( {{Equation}15} )\end{matrix}$

In equation 15, α_(offset) (L) represents a correction factor thatdepends on the number of layers or the number of ranks for data signalsand for control information.

For example, if the number of ranks or the number of layers for datasignals is larger than that of control information, the correctionfactor α_(offset) (L), as shown in FIG. 7 , implicitly decrease as adifference in the number of ranks or the number of layers between datasignals and control information increases. As the difference in thenumber of ranks or the number of layers between data signals and controlinformation decreases, the correction factor is approximated to 1.0.

Alternatively, if the number of ranks or the number of layers for datasignals is smaller than that for control information, the correctionfactor α_(offset) (L), as shown in FIG. 8 , implicitly increases as adifference in the number of ranks or the number of layers between datasignals and control information increases.

The inter-layer interference is dependent on channel variations (orchannel matrix): thus, inter-layer interference varies even if thenumber of ranks or the number of layers is identical, which means anappropriate correction is difficult using one set value. To cope withthis problem, a plurality of correction factors α_(offset) sharedbetween base station 100 and terminal 200 are provided in each layer toallow base station 100 to select one from the correction factors andnotify terminal 200 via upper layers or PDCCH. Terminal 200 receives thecorrection factor α_(offset) from base station 100 and uses it tocalculate the amount of the resource, as in Determination Method 6. Basestation 100 may report the amount of offset β_(offset) ^(PUSCH) for eachlayer (or each rank).

the amount of the resource can be set in consideration of a differencein inter-layer interference between data signals and controlinformation. Thus, the degradation of reception quality of controlinformation can be prevented, while wasteful use of resource can bereduced.

Since inter-layer interference is dependent on channel variations (orchannel matrix), upper layers cannot change channels frequently. To copewith frequently-occurring channel variations, the presence or absence ofa correction factor may be reported using one bit in a physical downlinkcontrol channel (PDCCH) message having a shorter notification intervalthan upper layers. The PDCCH message is conveyed in each sub-frame,thereby facilitating flexible switching. Furthermore, use of one bit inthe PDCCH to direct switching between use or non-use of the correctionfactor leads to a reduction in the amount of signaling.

The above-mentioned correction factor has a variable set value,depending on the control information (ACK/NACK signals and CQIs and/orthe like), but a common notification (notification using a common setvalue) may be used for the control information (ACK/NACK signals andCQIs and/or the like). For example, if a set value 1 is conveyed to aterminal, the terminal selects a correction factor for ACK/NACK signalsthat corresponds to the set value 1 and a correction factor for CQIsthat corresponds to the set value 1. This allows notification using asingle set value for a plurality of parts of control information,thereby reducing the amount of signaling for notification of acorrection factor.

this embodiment, the correction factor is increased or decreased,depending on the number of ranks or the number of layers for datasignals and for control information, but since the number of layers andthe number of ranks are closely related with CWs, the correction factormay be increased or decreased, depending on the number of CWs containingdata signals and control information. Furthermore, the correction factormay be changed, depending on whether the number of ranks, the number oflayers or the number of CWs for data signals and for control informationis equal to or exceeds 1.

Embodiment 3

Embodiment 1 assumes that the number of layers is identical betweeninitial transmission and retransmission. In contrast, in Embodiment 3,the amount of the resource of control information is determined inconsideration of a difference in the number of layers between initialtransmission and retransmission in the processing shown in Embodiment 1.

Since the basic configurations of the base station and the terminalaccording to Embodiment 3 is the same as those of Embodiment 1, FIGS. 4and 5 are used to describe Embodiment 3.

ACK/NACK and CQI receiving section 111 in base station 100 according toEmbodiment 3 (FIG. 4 ) performs processing similar to that of Embodiment1 and calculates the amount of the resource required to allocate controlinformation based on the number of layers on initial transmission and onretransmission. ACK/NACK and CQI receiving section 111 in Embodiment 3differs from that in Embodiment 1 in that the equation to calculate theamount of the resource of control information is expanded.

Meanwhile, resource amount determining section 204 in terminal 200according to Embodiment 3 (FIG. 5 ) performs processing similar to thatof Embodiment 1 and calculates the amount of the resource required toallocate control information based on the number of layers on initialtransmission and retransmission. Resource amount determining section 204in Embodiment 3 differs from that in Embodiment 1 in that the equationto calculate the amount of the resource of control information isexpanded.

(Operations of Base Station 100 and Terminal 200)

The operations of base station 100 and terminal 200 having theabove-mentioned configurations will be described.

<Determination Method 7>

Determination Methods 1 to 6 assume that the number of layers isidentical between initial transmission and retransmission. On initialtransmission, the reception quality that is equal to or greater than acertain level (required reception quality) can be achieved for controlinformation by setting the amount of the resource of control informationusing, for example, equation 9 (Determination Method 5).

Since Determination Methods 1 to 6 (for example, equation 9) assume thatthe amount of the resource of control information is identical for eachlayer between initial transmission and retransmission, the total amountof the resource of control information in all the layers also decreasesdue to a reduction in the number of layers when the number of layers ischanged on retransmission (for example, decreases). This results in thedegradation of reception quality of control information onretransmission, as compared with that on initial transmission (forexample, see FIG. 9 ). For example, as shown in FIG. 9 , if allocationnotification information (UL grant) is used to change the number oflayers from four (on initial transmission) to two (on retransmission),the amount of resource of data signals decreases and thus the totalamount of the resource of control information (for example, ACK/NACKsignals) also decreases in all the layers.

resource amount determining section 204 re-sets the amount of theresource of control information on retransmission based on the number oflayers in which each CW is allocated on retransmission. Morespecifically, on retransmission, resource amount determining section 204does not use the amount of the resource per layer which was calculatedon initial transmission, and instead, assigns the number of layers inwhich each CW is allocated on retransmission (i.e., current number) inequation 9 to re-calculate the amount of the resource per layer onretransmission (i.e., current amount). For the information other thanthe number of layers (i.e., M_(CW #0SC) ^(PUSCH-initial), M_(CW #1SC)^(PUSCH-initial), N_(CW #0Symb) ^(PUSCH-initial), N_(CW #1Symb)^(PUSCH-initial), ΣK_(r) ^(CW #0) and ΣK_(r) ^(CW #)), the numericalvalues used on initial transmission that have been set to meet a certainerror rate requirement (for example, 10%) are used. More specifically,taking L_(CW #0)+L_(CW #1)=L into account, equation 9 on retransmission(i.e., currently) can be transformed into equation 16.

$\begin{matrix}{\lbrack 16\rbrack} & \end{matrix}$ $\begin{matrix}{Q_{{{CW}\# 0} + {{CW}\# 1}} = \lceil {( {O + P} ) \cdot \frac{1}{{r_{{CW}\# 0} \times L_{{CW}{\# 0}}^{current}} + {r_{{CW}{\# 1}} \times L_{{CW}{\# 0}}^{current}}} \cdot \beta_{offset}^{PUSCH}} \rceil} & ( {{Equation}16} )\end{matrix}$

L_(CW #0) ^(current) and L_(CW #1) ^(current) indicate the number oflayers to which CW #0 and CW #1 are assigned on retransmission (i.e.,currently), respectively, and L_(CW #0) ^(initial) and L_(CW #1)^(initial) indicate the number of layers to which CW #0 and CW #1 areassigned on initial transmission, respectively. Since DeterminationMethods 1 to 6 assume that the number of layers is identical betweeninitial transmission and retransmission, the number of layers is notconsidered on initial transmission and retransmission. Hence, the numberof layers used in Determination Methods 1 to 6 represents theinformation on initial transmission, just like the number of bits ineach CW and/or the amount of the resource in each CW.

Equation 16 is derived by multiplying each term in the denominator ofequation 9 by the ratio of the number of layers on retransmission tothat on initial transmission (i.e., L_(CW #0) ^(current)/L_(CW #0)^(initial), L_(CW #1) ^(current)/L_(CW #1) ^(initial)). Equation 17 isderived from equations 16 and 11.

$\begin{matrix}{\lbrack 17\rbrack} & \end{matrix}$ $\begin{matrix}\begin{matrix}{Q_{{{CW}\# 0} + {{CW}\# 1}} = \lceil {( {O + P} ) \cdot \frac{1}{\begin{matrix}{{r_{{CW}\# 0} \times L_{{CW}{\# 0}}^{initial} \times \frac{L_{{CW}{\# 0}}^{current}}{L_{{CW}{\# 0}}^{initial}}} + {r_{{CW}{\# 1}} \times}} \\{L_{{CW}{\# 1}}^{current} \times \frac{L_{{CW}{\# 0}}^{current}}{L_{{CW}{\# 0}}^{initial}}}\end{matrix}} \cdot \beta_{offset}^{PUSCH}} \rceil} \\{= \lceil {( {O + P} ) \cdot \frac{1}{\begin{matrix}{{\frac{\sum\limits_{r = 0}^{C_{{CW}{\# 0}} - 1}K_{r}^{{CW}{\# 0}}}{M_{sc}^{{PUSCH} - {{initial}(0)}} \cdot N_{symb}^{{PUSCH} - {{initial}(0)}}} \times \frac{L_{{CW}{\# 0}}^{current}}{L_{{CW}{\# 0}}^{initial}}} +} \\{\frac{\sum\limits_{r = 0}^{C_{{CW}{\# 0}} - 1}K_{r}^{{CW}{\# 1}}}{M_{sc}^{{PUSCH} - {{initial}(1)}} \cdot N_{symb}^{{PUSCH} - {{initial}(1)}}} \times \frac{L_{{CW}{\# 1}}^{current}}{L_{{CW}{\# 1}}^{initial}}}\end{matrix}} \cdot \beta_{offset}^{PUSCH}} \rceil}\end{matrix} & ( {{Equation}17} )\end{matrix}$

Equation 19 indicates that if the number of layers for transmitting datasignals decreases, the amount of the resource of control information perlayer increases. This means that the total amount of resource of layerscontaining control information is almost identical (i.e., the number oflayers containing control information×the amount of the resource ofcontrol information per layer) is almost identical) between initialtransmission and retransmission, thereby achieving the reception qualitythat is equal to or exceeds a certain level (required reception quality)for control information even on retransmission (see FIG. 10 .).

This allows the amount of the resource of control information to be setin consideration of the number of layers on retransmission (currently)even if the number of layers transmitting data signals differs betweeninitial transmission and retransmission. Thus, the degradation ofreception quality of control information can be prevented withoutwasteful use of resource.

If the ratio of the number of layers on retransmission to that oninitial transmission (i.e., the number of layers on retransmission/thenumber of layers on initial transmission) is 1/A fold (A: integer) forboth of CW #0 and CW #1, equation 18 below may be substituted forequation 17.

$\begin{matrix}\lbrack 18\rbrack & \end{matrix}$ $\begin{matrix}{Q_{{{CW}\# 0} + {{CW}\# 1}} =} & ( {{Equation}18} )\end{matrix}$$\lceil {{( {O + P} ) \cdot \frac{1}{\begin{matrix}{\frac{\sum\limits_{r = 0}^{C_{{CW}{\# 0}} - 1}K_{r}^{{CW}{\# 0}}}{M_{sc}^{{PUSCH} - {{initial}(0)}} \cdot N_{symb}^{{PUSCH} - {{initial}(0)}}} +} \\\frac{\sum\limits_{r = 0}^{C_{{CW}{\# 1}} - 1}K_{r}^{{CW}{\# 1}}}{M_{sc}^{{PUSCH} - {{initial}(1)}} \cdot N_{symb}^{{PUSCH} - {{initial}(1)}}}\end{matrix}} \cdot \beta_{offset}^{PUSCH}} \times \frac{L_{{CW}{\# 0}}^{current}}{L_{{CW}{\# 0}}^{initial}}} \rceil$

L^(initial) and L^(current) indicate the total number of layers oninitial transmission and on retransmission, respectively. Unless theabove-mentioned condition (i.e., the number of layers onretransmission/the number of layers on initial transmission)=1/A) ismet, the amount of the resource of control information may be excessiveor insufficient, which results in wasteful use of the resource or lowquality. If the probability of not meeting the above condition is low,or if the system is designed so as to avoid such occurrence, resourceamount determining section 204 may use equation 18 to calculate theamount of the resource of control information.

The case in which the total amount of resource (for example, the numberof layers) on retransmission is reduced from that on initialtransmission has been described above. The total amount of resource (forexample, the number of layers) on retransmission may increase from thaton initial transmission. In that case, resource amount determiningsection 204 may use equation 16, 17 or 18 to prevent the assignment ofan excess amount of resource to control information.

The number of layers may be replaced with the number of antenna ports.For example, the number of layers on initial transmission in the abovedescription (i.e., four layers in FIG. 10 ) is replaced with the numberof antenna ports (four ports in FIG. 10 ), the number of layers onretransmission (currently) (two layers in FIG. 10 ) is replaced with thenumber of antenna ports on retransmission (currently) (two ports in FIG.10 ), and the total number of layers is replaced with the total numberof antenna ports. In other words, resource amount determining section204 replaces the number of layers in equation 16, 17 or 18 with thenumber of antenna ports to calculate the amount of the resource ofcontrol information.

Note that if the number of layers is defined as the number of antennaports through which different signaling sequences are transmitted, thenumber of layers is not always identical to the number of antenna ports.For example, when a rank-1 transmission is performed through fourantenna ports, the number of layers is one since the same signalingsequence is transmitted though the four antenna ports. In this case, ifa 4-layer transmission is performed using four antenna ports on initialtransmission, while a 1-layer transmission (rank-1 transmission) isperformed using four antenna ports on retransmission, the amount of theresource of control information need not be corrected. In contrast, if a4-layer transmission is performed using four antenna ports on initialtransmission, while a 1-layer transmission (using one layer) isperformed using one antenna port on retransmission, the amount of theresource of control information needs to be corrected.

If the number of antenna ports used for retransmission decreases,transmission power per antenna port is increased to compensate for thedecrease, thereby avoiding the correction of the amount of the resourceof control information. For example, if the number of antenna ports isreduced from four to two, the transmission power per antenna port may beincreased by 3 dB (i.e., doubled), and if the number of antenna ports isreduced from four to one, the transmission power per antenna port may beincreased by 6 dB (i.e., quadruplicated).

If a precoding vector (or matrix) in which the number of antenna portsused on retransmission is identical to that on initial transmission isused, equation 11 or 14, for example, may be used. If a precoding vector(or matrix) in which the number of antenna ports used on retransmissionis different from that on initial transmission is used, for example, thenumber of layers in equation 16, 17 or 18 may be used with the number oflayers replaced with the number of antenna ports.

Equations 16 and 17 may be applicable to a case in which one of CWs isresponded with ACK and the other CW is responded with NACK, resulting ina decrease in the number of CWs. More specifically, if CW #0 isresponded with ACK, while CW #1 is responded with NACK on initialtransmission, and only CW #1 is thus retransmitted, L_(CW #0)^(current)=0 is assigned in equation 16 or 17 and the amount of theresource of control information is calculated from equation 19. Equation19 indicates a case in which only CW1 is responded with NACK, but ifonly CW0 is responded with NACK, the CW1 information in equation 19 maybe replaced with CW0 information.

$\begin{matrix}\lbrack 19\rbrack & \end{matrix}$ $\begin{matrix}{Q_{{{CW}\# 0} + {{CW}\# 1}}==} & ( {{Equation}19} )\end{matrix}$$\lceil {( {O + P} ) \cdot \frac{1}{\begin{matrix}{\frac{\sum\limits_{r = 0}^{C_{{CW}{\# 1}} - 1}K_{r}^{{CW}{\# 1}}}{M_{sc}^{{PUSCH} - {{initial}(1)}} \cdot N_{symb}^{{PUSCH} - {{initial}(1)}}} \times} \\\frac{L_{{CW}{\# 1}}^{current}}{L_{{CW}{\# 1}}^{initial}}\end{matrix}} \cdot \beta_{offset}^{PUSCH}} \rceil$

If signals are transmitted in the two CWs, equation 11 or 14 may beused. If signals are retransmitted in a single CW, equation 19 may beused as exception processing. For example, if 4-antenna-porttransmission is performed using the two CWs on initial transmission andif 2-antenna-port transmission is performed using a single CW onretransmission, equation 19 is used on retransmission. In the fallbackmode, which is used when reception quality undergoes extremedegradation, for example, 1-antenna-port transmission may be performedusing a single CW on retransmission, in which case equation 19 may beused as exception processing. Equation 19 may incorporate a correctionvalue as shown in equation 20.

$\begin{matrix}\lbrack 20\rbrack & \end{matrix}$ $\begin{matrix}{Q_{{{CW}\# 0} + {{CW}\# 1}}==} & ( {{Equation}20} )\end{matrix}$$\lceil {{( {O + P} ) \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{\sum\limits_{r = 0}^{C_{{CW}{\# 1}} - 1}K_{r}^{{CW}{\# 1}}}{M_{sc}^{{PUSCH} - {{initial}(1)}} \cdot N_{symb}^{{PUSCH} - {{initial}(1)}}}}} \times W \times \beta_{offset}^{PUSCH}} \rceil$

W in equation 20 indicates a correction factor. Correction value W maybe determined based on the number of layers (or number of antenna ports)for CW0 or CW1 on initial transmission and on retransmission. Forexample, the correction value W in equation 20 is the ratio of number ofantenna ports to which CW0 or CW1 is assigned on retransmission to thenumber of antenna ports to which CW0 or CW1 is assigned on initialtransmission. The correction value W may be included in the amount ofoffset β_(offset) ^(PUSCH). For example, the amount of offset β_(offset)^(PUSCH) is determined based on the number of layers (or number ofantenna ports) for CW0 or CW1 on initial transmission and onretransmission.

The case in which the calculation of the amount of resource onretransmission using CW information used in initial transmission hasbeen described. A reason for calculating the amount of the resource onretransmission using CW information used in initial transmission is thatthe data signal error rate on retransmission may not be set to aconstant value such as 10%. More specifically, on initial transmission,a base station allocates resource to each terminal such that the datasignal error rate is 10%, while on retransmission the base station islikely to assign a smaller amount of resource to data signals than oninitial transmission since it is sufficient as long as an improvement inthe initial data signal error rate on retransmission is made. In otherwords, in the equation calculating the amount of the resource of controlinformation, a reduction in the amount of the resource of data signals(i.e., M_(SC) ^(PUSCH-retransmission)·N_(Symb) ^(PUSCH-retransmission))on retransmission results in a reduction in the amount of the resourceof control information, which leads to the degradation of receptionquality of control information. To cope with this problem, theinformation on initial transmission is used to determine the amount ofresource, thereby keeping the reception quality that is equal to orexceeds a certain level (i.e., required reception quality) for controlinformation. Note that ΣK_(r), ΣK_(r) ^(CW #0) and ΣK_(r) ^(CW #1) areidentical between initial transmission and retransmission.

Even if a data error rate is set to 10% (0.1) on initial transmission,the data signal error rate may exceed 10% due to delay on retransmission(i.e., the error rate may further increase.) To address this problem,preferably, the correction value (K) is multiplied when the amount ofthe resource on retransmission is determined. For example, as shown inequation 21, the ratio of the number of layers for each CW on initialtransmission (L_(CW #0) ^(initial), L_(CW #1) ^(initial)) to the numberof layers for each CW on retransmission (L_(CW #0) ^(current), L_(CW #1)^(current)) may be multiplied by a correction value specific to the termgenerated for each CW (K_(CW #0), K_(CW #1)). Alternatively, as shown inequation 22, the ratio of the number of layers (L^(initial)) on initialtransmission to the number of layers (L^(current)) on retransmission maybe multiplied by the correction value (K). Correction values are notlimited to the above-mentioned examples, and one or more time delays maybe multiplied by a correction value.

$\begin{matrix}\lbrack 21\rbrack & \end{matrix}$ $\begin{matrix}{Q_{{{CW}\# 0} + {{CW}\# 1}}==} & ( {{Equation}21} )\end{matrix}$$\lceil {( {O + P} ) \cdot \frac{1}{\begin{matrix}{{\frac{\sum\limits_{r = 0}^{C_{{CW}{\# 0}} - 1}K_{r}^{{CW}{\# 0}}}{M_{sc}^{{PUSCH} - {{initial}(0)}} \cdot N_{symb}^{{PUSCH} - {{initial}(0)}}} \times \frac{L_{{CW}{\# 0}}^{current}}{L_{{CW}{\# 0}}^{initial}} \times K_{{CW}{\# 0}}} +} \\{\frac{\sum\limits_{r = 0}^{C_{{CW}{\# 1}} - 1}K_{r}^{{CW}{\# 1}}}{M_{sc}^{{PUSCH} - {{initial}(1)}} \cdot N_{symb}^{{PUSCH} - {{initial}(1)}}} \times \frac{L_{{CW}{\# 1}}^{current}}{L_{{CW}{\# 1}}^{initial}} \times K_{{CW}{\# 1}}}\end{matrix}} \cdot \beta_{offset}^{PUSCH}} \rceil$

$\begin{matrix}\lbrack 22\rbrack & \end{matrix}$ $\begin{matrix}{Q_{{{CW}\# 0} + {{CW}\# 1}} =} & ( {{Equation}22} )\end{matrix}$$\lceil {{( {O + P} ) \cdot \frac{1}{\begin{matrix}{\frac{\sum\limits_{r = 0}^{C_{{CW}{\# 0}} - 1}K_{r}^{{CW}{\# 0}}}{M_{sc}^{{PUSCH} - {{initial}(0)}} \cdot N_{symb}^{{PUSCH} - {{initial}(0)}}} +} \\\frac{\sum\limits_{r = 0}^{C_{{CW}{\# 1}} - 1}K_{r}^{{CW}{\# 1}}}{M_{sc}^{{PUSCH} - {{initial}(1)}} \cdot N_{symb}^{{PUSCH} - {{initial}(1)}}}\end{matrix}} \cdot \beta_{offset}^{PUSCH}} \times \frac{L^{current}}{L^{initial}} \times K} \rceil$

Unlike Determination Methods 1 to 7, a restriction that the same numberof layers as that on initial transmission should be always used onretransmission may be imposed. For example, changing the number oflayers for each CW on retransmission with allocation information (ULgrant) or the like may be prohibited. ACK/NACKs may be transmitted inthe same number of layers as that on initial transmission even if thenumber of layers for each CW decreases on retransmission.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described above.

Other Embodiments

(1) The MIMO transmission mode in the above-mentioned embodiments may betransmission mode 3 or 4, as set forth in LTE, that is, a transmissionmode that supports transmission of two CWs, and the non-MIMOtransmission mode may be any other transmission mode, that is, atransmission mode in which only single CW is transmitted. Thedescription of the above-mentioned embodiments has assumed the MIMOtransmission mode using a plurality of CWs and the non-MIMO transmissionmode using a single CW. More specifically, as described above, the abovedescription has been made on the assumption that signals are transmittedin a plurality of layers (or a plurality of ranks) in the MIMOtransmission mode and that signals are transmitted in a single layer (orsingle rank) in the non-MIMO transmission mode. The transmission modes,however, should not be limited to these examples; signals may betransmitted through a plurality of antenna ports in the MIMOtransmission mode (for example, the SU-MIMO transmission) and signalsmay be transmitted through a single antenna port in the non-MIMOtransmission mode.

The code words in the above-mentioned embodiments may be replaced withtransport blocks (TB).

(2) In the above-mentioned embodiments, ACK/NACKs and CQIs are used asexamples of control information, but the control information is notlimited to the information. Any information (control information) thatrequires higher reception quality than data signals is applicable. Forexample, CQIs or ACK/NACKs may be replaced with PMIs (informationconcerning pre-coding) and/or RI (i.e., information concerning ranks).

(3) The term “layer” in the above-mentioned embodiments refers to avirtual transmission path in the space. For example, in the MIMOtransmission, data signals generated in each CW are transmitted indifferent virtual transmission paths (i.e., different layers) in thespace at the same time and at the same frequency. The term “layer” maybe referred to as a “stream.”

(4) In the above-mentioned embodiments, a terminal that determines theamount of resource of control information based on a difference incoding rates between the two CWs to which control information isallocated (or coding rate ratio) has been described. A difference in MCSbetween the two CWs (or an MCS ratio) may be used, instead of adifference in coding rates between the two CWs to which controlinformation is allocated (or coding rate ratio). Alternatively, acombination of a coding rate and a modulation method may be used as acoding rate.

(5) The above-mentioned amount of offset may be referred to as acorrection factor, and the correction factor may be referred to as anamount of offset. Any two or three of the correction factors and amountsof offset (α_(offset)(L), β_(offset) ^(PUSCH) and γ_(offset)) used inthe above-mentioned embodiments may be combined into one correctionfactor or offset.

(6) In the above-mentioned embodiments, the description has been givenwith antennas, but the present invention can be applied to antenna portsas well.

The antenna port refers to a logical antenna composed of one or morephysical antennas. Thus, an antenna port does not necessarily refer toone physical antenna, and may refer to an antenna array composed of aplurality of antennas.

For example, in 3 GPP LTE, how many physical antennas are included inthe antenna port is not specified, but an antenna port is specified as aminimum unit allowing the base station to transmit a different referencesignal.

In addition, the antenna port may be specified as a minimum unit inmultiplication of a weight of the precoding vector.

The number of layers may be defined as the number of different datasignals transmitted concurrently in the space. Furthermore, the layermay be defined as a signal transmitted through an antenna portassociated with data signals or reference signals (or as a communicationpath thereof in the space). For example, a vector used for weightcontrol (precoding vector) that has been studied for uplink demodulationpilot signals in LTE-A has one-to-one relationship with a layer.

(7) The above-mentioned embodiments have been described by taking anexample of the present invention being implemented by hardware, but thepresent invention may be implemented by software in cooperation withhardware.

Functional blocks used to describe the above-mentioned embodiments aretypically achieved by LSIs, which are integrated circuits. Theintegrated circuits may be implemented individually into separate chips,or all or part of the integrated circuit may be implemented into onechip. Although such integrated circuits are referred to as LSIs herein,they may be called ICs, system LSIs, super LSIs or ultra LSIs, dependingon the degree of integration.

The methods for manufacturing integrated circuits are not limited toLSIs, and dedicated circuits or general-purpose processors may be usedto implement them. After LSI production, field programmable gate arrays(FPGAs) or reconfigurable processors that allow connection or setting ofcircuit cells within LSIs may be used.

If advancement in semiconductor technology or other technology derivedtherefrom leads to emergence of integrated circuit manufacturingtechnology that takes the place of LSI, obviously, such technology maybe used to integrate functional blocks. Biotechnology may also beapplicable.

The entire disclosure of the specifications, drawings and abstracts inJapanese Patent Application No 2010-140751 filed on Jun. 21, 2010 andJapanese Patent Application No 2010-221392 filed on Sep. 30, 2010 areincorporated herein by reference.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

The present invention is useful in mobile communication systems and/orthe like.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST

-   -   100 base station    -   200 terminal    -   101 setting section    -   102, 103 coding and modulating section    -   104, 205 transmission signal generating section    -   105, 206 transmitting section    -   106, 201 antenna    -   107, 202 reception section    -   108, 208 radio processing section    -   109, 203 reception processing section    -   110 data reception section    -   111 ACK/NACK and CQI receiving section    -   204 resource amount determining section    -   207 transmission processing section

The invention claimed is:
 1. An integrated circuit comprising:circuitry, which, in operation, controls: determining an amount ofresource of control information in a plurality of layers; andtransmitting the control information based on the amount of the resourceof the control information, wherein the amount of the resourceQ_(CW #0+CW #1) of the control information is determined by equation 1:$\begin{matrix}{Q_{{{CW}\# 0} + {{CW}\# 1}} =} & ( {{Equation}1} )\end{matrix}$$\lceil {( {O + P} ) \cdot \frac{L_{{CW}{\# 0}} + L_{{CW}{\# 1}}}{\begin{matrix}{{\frac{\sum\limits_{r = 0}^{C_{{CW}{\# 0}} - 1}K_{r}^{{CW}{\# 0}}}{M_{{CW}{\# 0}{sc}}^{{PUSCH} - {initial}} \cdot N_{{CW}{\# 0}{symb}}^{{PUSCH} - {initial}}} \times L_{{CW}{\# 0}}} +} \\{\frac{\sum\limits_{r = 0}^{C_{{CW}{\# 1}} - 1}K_{r}^{{CW}{\# 1}}}{M_{{CW}{\# 1}{sc}}^{{PUSCH} - {initial}} \cdot N_{{CW}{\# 1}{symb}}^{{PUSCH} - {initial}}} \times L_{{CW}{\# 1}}}\end{matrix}} \cdot {\beta_{offset}^{PUSCH}/L}} \rceil$ where Oindicates a number of bits in the control information, P indicates anumber of error correction bits added to the control information,β_(offset) ^(PUSCH) indicates an amount of offset, L indicates a numberof the plurality of layers, L_(CW #0) and L_(CW #1) each indicate anumber of layers assigned to a corresponding one of code words #0 and#1, respectively, M_(CW #0SC) ^(PUSCH-initial) and M_(CW #1SC)^(PUSCH-initial) indicate physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH)transmission bandwidths for the code words #0 and #1, respectively,N_(CW #0symb) ^(PUSCH-initial) and N_(CW #1symb) ^(PUSCH-initial) eachindicate a number of transmission symbols for a corresponding one of thecode words #0 and #1, respectively, K_(r) ^(CW #0) and K_(r) ^(CW #1)each indicate a number of bits in each code block r for a correspondingone of the code words #0 and #1, respectively, and C_(CW #0) andC_(CW #1) each indicate a number of code blocks into which a data signalin a corresponding one of the code words #0 and #1, respectively, isdivided.
 2. The integrated circuit according to claim 1, wherein P iszero.
 3. The integrated circuit according to claim 1, wherein L is a sumof L_(CW #0) and L_(CW #1).
 4. The integrated circuit according to claim1, wherein a product of M_(CW #0SC) ^(PUSCH-initial) and N_(CW #0 symb)^(PUSCH-initial) is a product of M_(CW #0SC) ^(PUSCH-initial), L_(CW #0)and the number of transmission symbols in each layer for code word #0,and a product of M_(CW #1SC) ^(PUSCH-initial) and N_(CW #1symb)^(PUSCH-initial) is a product of M_(CW #1SC) ^(PUSCH-initial),L_(CW #1), and the number of transmission symbols in each layer for thecode word #1.
 5. The integrated circuit according to claim 1, whereinthe control information is an acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement(ACK/NACK) signal.